The story of Qian Daxin's seven-year-old celebrity reciting calendars

Qian Daxin was born in Jiading (present-day Shanghai) in 1728. During the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, a famous scholar was a juren at first, then a scholar in the middle school, awarded cabinet books, edited and edited successively, awarded a bachelor's degree, studied politics in Guangdong, and reached the official position of Zhan Shifu.

When he was a child, he had a story about "reciting the calendar at the age of seven", which was circulated for a long time.

Qian Daxin was born in a scholarly family. His grandfather and father are both famous scholars, especially those who have extensive research on literature. Qian Daxin, who has a keen memory, lived in such a family and studied hard since childhood. Before he went to school, he had read a lot of classics and poems, and he was famous for writing poems and articles, and was named as a "prodigy".

When I was studying at school, there was a classmate in Qian Daxin named Wang Mingsheng, whose name was Xie Feng, Hall No. He was also born in a scholarly family, and he liked to learn poetry since he was a child, and he was also very talented. His father found him very talented, and since he was four years old, he invited a scholar named Shen Deqian to teach him poetry. Therefore, before he went to school, his poems were already very famous, but there was no title of "prodigy"; He is six years older than Qian, so he is not convinced of Qian Daxin and often wants to compare with Qian Daxin to see who is more talented.

One day after class, Wang Mingsheng got a book about the calendar, read it several times in advance, and then heard about Qian Da: "This is a book about the calendar, which explains clearly how to calculate the movements of the sun, the moon and the stars and how to determine the solar terms. Let's compete with me. We only read for half an hour at the same time to see who can recite these two methods word for word? "

Qian Daxin insisted on endorsement, also refused to show weakness, immediately nodded, "compare. Although you are older than me, I am not afraid of you if you want to speak for me! "

All the students know that they are the top students in their class. One is famous for his poems, and the other is a so-called prodigy. They have a game. That's diamond cut diamond. He will meet a talented person. It was interesting, so I stayed to watch it.

The first one is Wang Mingsheng, who skillfully recited it after only reading it once; Then Qian Daxin, but he watched it again and again. Finally, at Wang Mingsheng's repeated urging, he recited it.

As soon as Qian Daxin's voice fell, some students cheered and said, "Wang Mingsheng won, Wang Mingsheng won, and the prodigy lost!"

Qian Daxin was not embarrassed by this, but said modestly to Wang Mingsheng, "It seems that my memory is not as good as yours!

Qian Daxin and Wang Mingsheng felt a little embarrassed; Because he knew that he had recited it several times in advance and felt a little weak, he also said modestly, "Where, where, the other side!" " "

However, some students suggested that no one read books and no one supervised this competition. You all recited it, but did someone recite it wrong? Are there any missing words? Who is much wrong? Who made fewer mistakes? We should play again.

Just then, the teacher came up to everyone and said, "This opinion is right. Now I will monitor and let them compete again! " "The teacher then asked Wang Mingsheng to recite first.

Wang Mingsheng recited it many times, so this time he recited it fluently.

Then, Qian Daxin recited it again.

The teacher said, "Wang Mingsheng recited very skillfully, but because of carelessness, he recited a few wrong words."

Then he pointed out Wang Mingsheng's mistake. Hearing this, Wang Mingsheng admitted that these places were wrong.

The teacher added: "Qian Daxin is not as fluent as Wang Mingsheng, but he is very cautious."

No problem. As a result, Qian Daxin won. "

After the results were announced, everyone admired their talents.

Wang Mingsheng came to Qian Daxin excitedly and said, "A prodigy is a prodigy. I am really not as good as you! "

Wang Mingsheng has studied harder since the competition. Soon, he studied Confucian classics and Chinese studies with the famous scholar Hui Dong as his teacher. When I grew up, I was also a scholar. I made it up from the beginning. Later, he moved to teach and became an official in Guanglu Temple.

Academically, Qian Daxin mainly studied the history of Confucian Classics, and made great achievements in writing, phonology, exegetics, natural calculation, geography and so on. He is the author of Textual Research on the Book of Songs in the Tang Dynasty, Textual Research on Classic Characters, Textual Research on Twenty-four History, Annotation on Tongjian, Poetry and so on.

Wang Mingsheng, on the other hand, is the history of the author's book, discussing the history of the seventeenth century and collecting poems.